What sort things do you do with 5year old?

[3asAbird]

No school place eldest school so decided to give home ed proper go after researching it for last 2years.

Daughter no 2 is 5 in sept.

little boy 3.5 in sept and plan is he will do 3days week preschool giving me s 3days one to one.

So have few questions.

How many hours a day?
how many subjects?
do you document their progress? when dd1 left reception she had big book with lots of photos and post it notes with breif comments and dates on each page -would that sort simple home ed diary satisfy lea and any school she may start at in future?

Shes started writing her name-how do i progress with writing?

tracing? dot to dot letters?

she loves crafts s plan do lots that.

reading makes me most nervous where do I start?

should i get phonic scheme like jolly phonics with songbird books?

planning few after school clubs giver her social aspect.

also intend to try do few local home ed meetups and need ask toddlers if its still ok if she can attend.

maths was going to do basic stuff including baking.

im more structured than autonomous stype so lots small unit studies and realy like motessori.

Thinking keep it simple wondered what everyone else does?

my worry is everyone will think she will, fall behind and want her when she eventually starts school be where she needs to be or even ahead,.

bump

Honestly?

even the most structured types rarely do more than an hour or so of formal adult led stuff with a 5 year old, as I understand it. No more is necessary because they are getting such a great adult to child ratio, and because you can really help them go at their own pace rather than struggling to keep up, or bored because it's all too easy.

Subjects? With a five year old? Again, assuming you're going structured, I'd say: reading, writing, arithmetic, a bit of PE, and the rest just comes up by you answering their questions about the world.

A home ed diary would make you the LA people's favourite Mum. I just have carrier bags with educational artefacts in, making a nice fire hazard in my loft, in case I ever have to produce evidence to the LA. Next school won't care At All. They'll just get her integrated as quick as they can.

Pretty much any kind of mark making is good for helping little ones develop the fine motor coordination. I have a primary teacher relative who sorts my children's pencil grip whenever she sees them :)

Reading: read to her. And read to her. And read a little more. When she wants, obviously. Put closed captions on when she watches TV. Open access to literacy games on CBeebies/Nick Junior/PBS websites, there are some good iPad apps, watch word world and alphablocks and all that stuff. I wouldn't bother with a phonics scheme - just get lots of books from charity shops.

No need to put her under pressure. when/if she goes back into school, she'll be ahead in some areas and behind in others, just like a child who has (say) been at school in Ireland or America or Australia previously. If you are really worried about that, you can follow the national curriculum (and after a little bit of that you'll realise the extent to which you can take your foot off the pedal and coast along...)

thanks im probably over thinking things,

just know will get a negative response from those around me thinking im mad.

Also as shes going into system at some point feel my parenting and teaching will be judged if shes behind.

saying that cant do much worse than eldests r teacher who was job share 3days and most of time sick or her year 1 teacher where she made very little progress.

I read lots.

she loves drawing and crafts
all ready plays c beebies and other ed apps.

loves puzzles.

running round park like a phycho.,

pe wont be a problem.

planning lots of lovely trips to museums, zoo, farm, parks.

I got a really negative response when I told my mum (a teacher).... For one day, after which she had scoured Internet sites and decided it will be quite good fun, actually

A couple of my friends had been independently considering it, so you might be surprised. I think it's one of those things that does sound a bit mad until you think about it properly